Talk about giving us the scare of the year there.
Already down Gomez, Kostitsyn, and Cammalleri, when Pleky tumbles awkwardly into the boards knee first.
As he's dragged off the ice, I bid adieu to the season that was sucking anyway and started picturing how Grigorenko would look with the Habs, considering the BJs definitely have a lock on Yakupov and we could use a big skilled center. Strange thing happened though... Habs went all out on Mike Smith in the first period even though they were down 1-0 and lost their number 1 center. It took his injury to show how effective the powerplay could be if Pleky wasn't on the point of it. And they left that period with 17 shots to Phoenix's 7.
Then Pleky came back, and all of Montreal could breathe again. They got outshot 17-10 in the 2nd, but ended up ahead 2-1. Pleky was out there for both Habs goals. Gionta's quick steal pounced on a sleeping Mike Smith after Pleky did some work behind the net, and Gionta's pass to a flying Moen ended with a pileup between him and Pleky in the crease. Totally robbed a game star from the homer pick of Raffi Torres who was a non-factor until he found a free puck in a pileup with a wide open net.
Of course their bizarre formation in the 3rd which was basically 9 guys walled up around Price while Yandle had a triple lifetime to shoot on net for a bobbling puck that ran into Torres and into the net nearly cost them the game. The Coyotes were aggressive while the Habs tried rope-a-dope. Yes, I was screaming at my tv, "CLEAR THE PUCK OUT OF THE ZONE AND GET THE FUCKING POINT!" I want a team that plays to win, thanks.
And warning to Diaz. Throwing the suplex will only get you benched by JMart. Un-fucking-real, coach. Emelin's ice time cut in the 3rd when they could have used him to dump guys like Torres from Price's face. I swear he gets benched more with every hit he throws...
OT has Jorje getting rocked by Yandle. Jorje didn't appreciate it much. But that's ok because Eller finally gets to play with Cole, sets up the puck, and Jorje blasts it through Smith. He swears. We cheer. Two big ass desert points. An arena full of happy Habs fans (seriously). Price is now 5-0-0 against the Coyotes, which should make for interesting dinners with the Doans.
Hey look! Time for our annual "get shut out by the Nashville Predators" trip! Yea I'm trying the reverse-jinx, but honestly I'll be happy if they can score at least one goal against the Preds instead of going 4 years looking like they couldn't give a fuck to play against them...
In other news:
My parents found out that leaving a pack of 3 steaks in a shopping bag on the floor isn't a very good idea. Especially when they forgot about the steaks in the bag on the floor. Let's just say they came back to find 2 steaks and a very happy puppy...